The Sire is a steel blue black lace HMPK. His caudal has a pretty good D-shape but overall the form still needs a lot of work (especially the anal and dorsal finnage). The Dame a strongbodied steel blue black lace HMPK female with a smooth topline and balanced finnage. The caudal is nicely D-shaped, the dorsal has a nice broad base (front rays bit short) and the anal is nicely parallel to the body. The Sire and Dame are half-siblings as they have the same father.  
With this cross I hope to fix the strong bodies, smooth topline and balanced finnage. The offspring (F1) likely will be darkbody steel blue HMPK carying melano black with a chance of black lace and marble to pop up.

The Sire is also Father of: BT051116 & BT020117.

02/01/17: The pair spawned.
03/01/17: The fry hatched.
05/01/17: The fry entered the free-swimming stage. Removed the male. Seems to be quite a big spawn!
06/01/17: The fry is feeding well on vinegar eels and BBS.
03/02/17: 4 weeks old!

04/02/17: 10 weeks old. The fry are black lace some show a bit of red wash.

27/04/17: 16 weeks old!

09/09/17: Potential silbing breeding pair at 35 weeks of age!

16/09/17: Another potential breeder male at 37 weeks of age. Love this guy!